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Oludare Padilla
Neon Genesis Evangelion is finally streaming, and with it comes our long promised rewatch of the series. On this episode we discuss the first seven episodes, from the different translations, to it's cinematic story-telling, from it's use of sexist anime tropes, to the deep exploration of its character's psyches. Danielle, Rob, and Patrick give their first time impressions while Cado and Austin shoot knowing glances back and forth. It's a long one, so strap in!
After several years of complicated production and multiple delays, Evangelion 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time premiered in Japan on March 8. Now, it has finally been released on Amazon Prime Video on August 13. The other movies, Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone, Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance, and Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo are also currently available on Amazon Prime Video, but finding them on the streaming service can be a little difficult in terms of term-searching the titles.
A few months ago, Netflix announced it had acquired the worldwide streaming rights to Neon Genesis Evangelion, one of the most critically-acclaimed and controversial anime ever created. At the time of the announcement, however, it was unknown when the anime would join Netflix's catalog. However, we now know when Neon Genesis Evangelion will hit the streaming service.Netflix confirmed through Twitter that Evangelion will hit the streaming service on June 21.RELATED: Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Best Viewing (and Reading) Order
Created by Studio Gainax and Hideaki Anno (who most recently directed Shin Godzilla), Neon Genesis Evangelion is arguably the most controversial anime ever released. The series presents a post-apocalyptic world where half the world's population was eradicated in a mysterious event known as Second Impact. In the year 2015, a collection of monsters known as Angels emerge to seemingly finish Second Impact's job by eradicating the rest of mankind. But only one group -- NERV -- can stop them... with giant bio-organic robots known as Evangelions.
Neon Genesis Evangelion was originally distributed in the West by anime dubbing company ADV. When ADV filed for bankruptcy, many of its properties were either sold off or redistributed. Evangelion was one of several anime seemingly lost in the shuffle.
Additionally, the End of Evangelion film, which was also acquired by Netflix, was originally distributed by Manga Entertainment. This DVD, however, went out of print even before ADV's bankruptcy. For fans living in the West, this is the first time Neon Genesis Evangelion will be release in its entirety.
Netflix continues to expand its ever-growing catalog of anime with the official confirmation on the release date of the popular Neon Genesis Evangelion. The streaming platform has just released a trailer for the legendary mid-90s mecha series, and fans will be able to stream the two tie-in films, Evangelion:Death True and The End of Evangelion, for the first time ever.
Neon Genesis Evangelion centers around the story of Shinji Ikari, a 14-year-old boy who was invited by his father to pilot an Evangelion unit unbeknownst to him. Set in a fictional 2015 after a global catastrophe known as the Second Impact, the series features the popular Japanese kaiju battles between the alien threat known as Angels and the cybernetic Evangelion units operated by the show's heroes. With the news of this Netflix release already being reported, all that was left to learn was the date. Now that the date has come to light, Neon Genesis Evangelion is set to join the stacked lineup of anime series including the visually stunning VioletEvergarden, and other recent Shounen additions such as Yoshihiro Togashi's Hunter X Hunter, and Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventures.
After releasing the trailer for Neon Genesis Evangelion online, Netflix also announced its official release date. The anime series will debut on Netflix on June 21, less than a month before one of Netflix's most popular live-action series, Stranger Things. Check out the full trailer below:
The team behind Netflix had recently outbid Funimation for the rights to this series streaming rights, only to further support the notion that Netflix is getting serious about the content game. By including Neon Genesis Evangelion in its catalog of anime series, Netflix would be dipping their toes in both the creation of original anime content, as well as acquiring anime from a multitude of genres from a myriad of time periods. Neon Genesis Evangelion's June 21 debut would join Rurouni Kenshin, as well as the nostalgic Pokmon anime as series from the 1990s . The success of Devilman Crybaby seemingly opened the floodgates for original outsourced content from the streaming service, and Neon Genesis Evangelion could potentially do the same for classic series from over 20 years ago.
It's exciting to think about what's next for the streaming service, because acquiring NeonGenesisEvangelion means Netflix could potentially be in the asset-gathering phase. Whatever comes down the pipeline for the platform is sure to draw the attention of the anime community who'd love to see which one of their favorite series could potentially get the Netflix promotion in the future. Regardless of what the future holds for Netflix in the creation and acquisition phase, fans can rest assured that many eyes will be eagerly awaiting June 21 to see - perhaps for the very first time - the 1995 classic and its two 1997 movie tie-ins.
This Friday, Netflix will become the new streaming home of landmark anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. All 26 episodes of the original Evangelion series, plus two Evangelion movies, will be available for streaming. Neon Genesis Evangelion will premiere on Netflix Friday, June 21 at 3:01 a.m. EDT.
Originally released in 1995, Neon Genesis Evangelion was created by Hideaki Anno (Shin Godzilla), previously an animation director for series like Gunbuster, Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise and Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. After suffering years of clinical depression, Anno channeled his experience into the development of Evangelion, which used the popular mecha genre of anime to dramatize psychological states through giant fighting robots, with a thematic emphasis on the need to face life.
Evangelion stars Shinji Ikari (Megumi Ogata / Spike Spencer), a whiny young man who's often overwhelmed by social anxiety, but sometimes finds courage with the help of his oft-repeated utterance, "I mustn't run away." Shinji becomes a pawn in his neglectful father Gendo's mech program, who needs his son to pilot the Eva Unit-01 mecha against the invading "Angels" attacking Earth.
The first, Evangelion: Death True, also known as Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth, combines a clip show retelling of the first 24 hour episodes of the series and 27 minutes of new animation that would become the opening of the second Evangelion movie, The End of Evangelion, which will also be available for streaming on Netflix.
While there's not much reason to watch Death & Rebirth if you've just watched the full Evangelion anime series, End of Evangelion is a different story. It's one of the most spectacularly psychedelic animation experiences ever committed to film, depicting the final fate of the human species in a mind-bending cacophony of religious imagery and destruction.
In recent years, Anno has retold Evangelion in movie form, beginning with 2009's Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone. The fourth and final movie in the Rebuild of Evangelion series is currently in production. None of the three Rebuild movies so far released will be available on Netflix.
The streaming giant will release the film worldwide, excluding Japan, from Aug. 13, 2021. The film, made by a quartet of helmers including original director Anno Hideaki, was released in Japanese theater in March and remains the highest grossing film of the year to date.
The new film includes recurring voice cast members Ogata Megumi, Hayashibara Megumi and Miyamura Yuko and boasts upgraded visuals. Amazon Prime Video will make it available with 10 different language dubs (including English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian) and provide subtitles in 28 languages.
Netflix is soon going to stream Neon Genesis Evangelion worldwide along with four other anime series in spring 2019.
In its ongoing pursuit to become a major player in the anime space with over a dozen premium anime series already streaming, the acquisition of the much-acclaimed Neon Genesis Evangelion is only going to boost its position.
Neon Genesis Evangelion originally aired in Japan in the month of October 1995 with a 26-episode run. The series takes place in 2015 and sees Tokyo three under attack by mechanical monsters known as the Angels. Shinji Ikari, who is chosen to pilot the Humanoid Decisive Weapon Evangelion, has the fate of humanity on his shoulders.
Two films, the series-recut Death and Rebirth and the feature-length finale The End of Evangelion, followed in 1997, crystallising that the anime was more of a dooming horror than action. Since then, the animation studio has come back to the Evangelion with a collection of movies poised to reimagine and resurge the original series.
After a protracted development and multiple delays, Thrice Upon a Time was released on March 8, 2021, and received critical acclaim, with praise given to the screenplay, animation, directing, themes, production design, voice-performances, emotional weight and satisfactory closures and answers.
The film also was a box-office success, becoming the highest-grossing film of the franchise, and the second-highest-grossing Japanese film of 2021 at 10.28 billion.[5] It was released internationally on August 13 the same year via the Amazon Prime Video streaming service. On June 17, 2022, it was announced that GKIDS had acquired the North American rights to the film. The film was released to theaters in December 2022 and on home video in October 2023.
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